This isnвЂ™t an issue unless you are carrying it about all day. That sounds ridiculous if you compare it to DSLR lenses, but for a Leica lens it is quite heavy and quite big. I use this lens for nearly everything from street photography to portraiture and really never thought of using anything else until I started to travel with work. The 50mm Lux, for me, epitomises everything Leica is aboutвЂ¦ amazing sharpness, incredible bokeh / depth of field and the ability to capture an almost 3D feel in selective focus.

I have shot various 50mm lenses on my rangefinders including various Leicas, a Zeiss, a 1963 Canon and a Voigtlander, but the one I keep coming back to and the one I truly love is the Leica 50mm Summilux f/1.4. To me, the вЂњwhatвЂ™s notвЂќ going to be framed is as important for composition as the вЂњwhat isвЂќ. I can move the viewfinder about and see exactly whatвЂ™s going to be in the frame and whatвЂ™s not. I like to have a little bit of вЂњbleed offвЂќ to play with. I also find a 50mm lens more natural to frame on a Leica than say a 35mm or a 75mm. I donвЂ™t like to alter a scene by being so close to a subject that they change what they were doing because they have a camera in their face and I find 50mm is the perfect length to get closeвЂ¦ but not too close.

IвЂ™m a street photographer that doesnвЂ™t like to get in the way of his subjects. IвЂ™ve tried numerous other focal lengths, but when it comes down to it, IвЂ™m a 50mm guy. IвЂ™ve finally admitted to myself that IвЂ™m a 50mm guy.

Leica 50mm summicron vs apo